Claim · #6493999
Salix repens · mutualism · ectomycorrhizal fungi (group)
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“ECM colonization was always more prolific than that by AM fungi”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
- Page
- 195
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Salix spp. are well-documented dual-mycorrhizal hosts; ECM dominance over AM in willows is consistent with published literature and the source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Salix spp. are well-known ECM hosts; dual ECM+AM colonization in Salix repens on dunes is documented, with ECM dominance biologically consistent.”
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